That makes it four successive league games without a goal for the Tayside club while their opponents celebrated a first success of the season.

"It is more worrying for me the way we capitulate when we lose a goal and I feel that players are lacking in confidence," Houston told BBC Scotland. "But we've not a lot of options as we've got a small squad.

"I think we gave the impetus to Inverness and they were hungrier around the park," he added. "They had more desire than us and that's what we'll be questioning and working on."